Harry Potter Trading Card Game Revival Podcast

21: Our Design Process

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:00:00 -0400

Many of you have asked what goes into our design process and how we approach designing sets and cards, so we're pulling back the curtain on our design process!

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Card database: https://www.accio.cards/
Email: harrypottertcgr@gmail.com

20: Updates, Recaps, and GenCon Announcement!

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 21:00:00 -0400

We chat about the regular tournament as well as our firs themed event, a common-only tournament. We also discuss the recently released mini set, Lost Magic 1, and we announce our return to GenCon this year with multiple events!

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19: Your Deck IS a Resource

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 20:00:00 -0500

We discuss how your deck is a resource and how to think about using it when playing and when deck building. You win weather you have 1 card in your deck or 40, so use your resources!

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18: Tournament Talk Dec 2025 with Griffin!

Sat, 27 Dec 2025 19:00:00 -0500

We discuss our December tournament and the results with the second place duelist, Griffin!

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17: Lock Decks

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 08:00:00 -0500

We chat about lock decks and lock cards and everything about them!

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Ep. 16: Tournament Talk Sept 2025

Sun, 26 Oct 2025 19:00:00 -0400

We discuss our September tournament and the results as we have our first tournament post our June 1 ban update and our new set Quidditch World Finals.

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Ep. 15: Guest Host Q&A

Sat, 13 Sep 2025 20:00:00 -0400

Foxwolf from the community joins us and asks us questions he collected from the community ranging from personal favorite cards to design questions to a peak at some upcoming cards in our next set!

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Ep. 14: Lesson Talk: Quidditch

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 08:00:00 -0400

Quidditch is the best! So of course it had to be first Lesson type we talked about to continue our Lesson Type Talk started in ep 4 (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2419234/episodes/16292146-ep-4-lesson-type-talk). We go in depth about Quidditch's strategies, cards, designs, and general thoughts about the Lesson type! Listen to episode 4 to hear our initial thoughts on all the Lesson types together.

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Ep 13: Introducing Drafting in HPTCG

Thu, 31 Jul 2025 23:00:00 -0400

Our most recent set, Quidditch World Finals, was designed to be drafted! This is the first introduction of drafting to HPTCG. We set up some rules to help drafting function and we go through the thought process behind QWF design and draft design!

Draft rules are on our website and here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WLPSMk-YnnmtS7Cx-UPo_G0W6c_z6bFwuaihmPiHm6E/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.7d87q4udz6n5

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Ep 12: 2025 B&R List Update

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 08:00:00 -0400

We dive into the thoughts and reasons behind the B&R update and why certain cards weren't added or removed from the list. We also discuss thoughts behind recent errata of cards.

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Ep. 11: Post-Tournament Talk May 2025

Fri, 23 May 2025 08:00:00 -0400

We discuss the May 2025 HPTCGR tournament including the deck lists, cards, surprises, and GOF impact. Congratulations to everyone who played in the tournament and to the Character deck that won!

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Ep 10: Prisoner of Azkaban Design Thoughts

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 21:00:00 -0400

Join us as we chat about designing the Prisoner of Azkaban set, the first of 3 sets in the Prisoner of Azkaban block! We talk about our thought process overall, some specific cards, and start a new feature that will come with every episode where we give a hint or reveal of a card we're currently working on designing.

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Ep 9: Beatdown vs Control, a Wibbly Wobbly area

Sat, 22 Mar 2025 18:00:00 -0400

We discuss how "beatdown" vs "control" positions in HPTCG games play out. This episode discusses gameplay, which we hope helps you with deck building and strengthening your piloting of decks.

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Ep 8: Post-Tournament Talk Feb. 2025

Fri, 07 Mar 2025 09:00:00 -0500

We discuss the February 2025 HPTCGR tournament including the deck lists, cards, surprises, and thoughts on the meta. Congratulations to everyone who played in the tournament and to the winner!

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Ep 7: Decks We Like to Play

Fri, 07 Feb 2025 08:00:00 -0500

Some of our favorite decks go from janky to decent to top tier. We discuss why they're our favorite decks and what we think each needs to get a little better.r

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Ep 6: Power Cost

Sat, 11 Jan 2025 22:00:00 -0500

We discuss Power cost and how it operates in general in game play, deck building, and design, and how it specifically affects the HPTCG.

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Ep 5: 2024 Wrap Up and 2025 Plans

Fri, 27 Dec 2024 17:00:00 -0500

Join us as we chat about our thoughts about 2024's events, sets, decks, and everything else that occurred in 2024 for the HPTCGR. We also talk about Revival's plans for 2025 and give some hints for what we're planning for the year.

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Ep 4: Lesson Type Talk

Mon, 16 Dec 2024 22:00:00 -0500

What makes a Lesson type in HPTCG? What makes the Lesson types unique and what are their strengths and weaknesses? Why is Quidditch the weakest? We chat about all of this in this Lesson Type Identity episode.

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Ep 3: Post-Tournament Talk Nov. 2024

Mon, 25 Nov 2024 18:00:00 -0500

We discuss the November HPTCGR tournament including the deck lists, cards, surprises, and thoughts on the meta. Congratulations to everyone who played in the tournament and to the winner!

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Ep 2: Heir of Slytherin Design Thoughts

Fri, 08 Nov 2024 09:00:00 -0500

We discuss what it was like designing our first Revival set, Heir of Slytherin! We discuss some of the iterations cards went through, our thought process behind the set as a whole, provide some insight into the design process, and share the pieces that helped to shape Revival.

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Ep 1: Pre-Tournament Talk Nov. 2024

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 11:00:00 -0400

We discuss the upcoming November 2024 Revival tournament and our expectations and predictions of how the June 2024 ban and restricted list update and the set release of Goblet of Fire will impact the tournament.

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